WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Washington men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for killing a woman who was to testify against one them.

Twenty-four-year-old Willie Walker Jr. and 23-year-old Ricky Donaldson were sentenced Thursday in Superior Court after being convicted of first-degree premeditated murder while armed with aggravating circumstances. Walker was sentenced to 88 years in prison; Donaldson received a 45-year term.

According to government evidence, Walker repeatedly shot 44-year-old Delois Persha in March 2008 after the two argued. Persha survived and identified Walker as her assailant.